Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Paris Opéra House Ceiling; Preparatory Works

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Paris Opéra House Ceiling; Preparatory Works
Image View: 
Detail, 2nd series, floating lovers over Paris, (Berlioz, "Roméo et Juliette") with the Arc d' Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower; representing Wagner, “Tristan and Isolde” (lower left)
Creator: 
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location: 
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location Note: 
1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest; Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017)
GPS: 
+45.4987-73.5801
Date: 
1963-1964 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Twentieth century
Work Type 1: 
cartoon (working drawing)
Work Type 2: 
painting (visual work)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
oil on canvas; works on paper
Technique: 
drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques
Subjects: 
abstraction; allegory; contemporary (1960 to present); music; Museology; folkloric; dreamlike; Paris Opera; Opera Garnier; museum exhibition design
Description: 
In 1963, Chagall was commissioned to paint a new ceiling for the Paris Opéra (Palais Garnier) by André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture. The final canvas was nearly 2,400 square feet (220 sq. meters) with five sections which were glued to polyester panels and hoisted up to the 70-foot (21 m) high ceiling. The images Chagall painted on the canvas paid tribute to the composers Mozart, Wagner, Mussorgsky, Berlioz and Ravel, as well as to famous actors and dancers. The preparatory works are in the collection of the Opéra national de Paris. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Image Description: 
Series of projections in the gallery showing the five series of panels in full color based on preparatory cartoons by Chagall.
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-CHAGALL-POC-FIS-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.